Federal court hears argument to stop farm work at Angola prison in Louisiana in high heat
(BRPROUD) — A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly ...
AP PHOTOS: A lens on prison labor
When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the ...
Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South
“I saw guys collapse,” Gross said of his days on the so-called farm line at Louisiana’s ... America’s largest ...
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Case Study: Angola
Angola was once called America’s bloodiest prison. The largest maximum-security prison in the United States, Angola has 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff. It occupies 28 square miles in Louisiana, a ...